Hello Crohn’s friends. My name is Ben Morrison and I have a weird butt. I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease in 1997 during my senior year of high-school and guess what? I still have it. You probably have it too, which means you’re also awesome. While Crohn’s typically makes sufferers poop all the time, I have nasty obstructions where the whole pipeline seals itself off and I go days with unmoved bowels. My other friends with Crohn’s are jealous of my inability to poop, but I assure them it’s equally uncomfortable. When it decides to un-obstruct, trust me you don’t want to be anywhere near my bathroom. I call those "evac" days. You may have picked up that I’m a comedian. Having begun stand-up comedy shortly after I was diagnosed with Crohn’s I quickly learned that nothing is funnier than the truth. In a weird way I’m thankful for Crohn’s as I have a never-ending supply of material lodged in my butt. While it is a nasty, debilitating condition, it’s a nasty debilitating condition that makes our poop all funny-like and as long as we’re sharing sometimes that can be funny too. So welcome to my little corner of Healthline.com. I’ll be sharing my thoughts on Crohn’s weekly and I encourage you to write me with your stories, observations and smoothie recipes. While some of you might not be used to a humorous spin on Crohn’s I assure you, it’s funny on the insides. You just have to let it be.

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